Dr Danielle Turton, former coursemate of mine at the University of Manchester, took this photo of me while I was giving a presentation on formal syntax at the Manchester Forum in Linguistics for young scholars and early researchers in October 2012. I was so focused on what I was saying (as shown by my facial expression) that I did not even notice that a photo was taken of me (!). I should be more careful next time in case of paparazzi's etc... thanks for the photo anyway Danielle! My presentation was also chaired by Dr (now Prof) George Walkden, who can be seen sitting on the front role keenly watching me present my ideas, which was somewhat nerve-racking as he is by far the best historical syntactician of our generation. Hope I did not do too badly... It was also at this conference that I met Dr Becky Woods and Dr (now Prof) Michelle Sheehan, both of whom I have kept in touch with at York and Cambridge. I am especially grateful to Michelle for introducing me to Caha's seminal PhD dissertation on K(case), which has played an important part in my work. Going to conferences really is a fantastic opportunity for professional networking!